Hello Stefan, 

thanks for you reply and - as stated in the other message - sorry for
wasting your time!

Rest of my reply below, inline...

s...@stsp.name (Stefan Sperling), 2019.06.10 (Mon) 10:35 (CEST):
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:30:21AM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 09, 2019 at 07:57:29PM +0200, Marcus Merighi wrote:
> > > >Synopsis:        iwn(4) and urtwn(4) no network on x220
> > > >Category:        system amd64 wireless 802.11
> > > >Environment:
> > >   System      : OpenBSD 6.5
> > >   Details     : OpenBSD 6.5-current (GENERIC.MP) #11: Sat Jun  8 12:30:43 
> > > MDT 2019
> > >                    
> > > dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
> > > 
> > >   Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64
> > >   Machine     : amd64
> > > >Description:
> > >   No network via iwn(4) and urtwn(4), holmer* are wanted ones via
> > >         "join", holmer5 exists but does not show up:
> > 
> > holmer5 sounds like a 5ghz AP.
> > urtwn devices do not support 5ghz so they can't work with this AP.

I have iwn(4) built in and used urtwn(4) just for testing.

> > > iwn0: + 04:f0:21:3b:cb:f4    1  +219 54M   ess  privacy   rsn  "holmern"
> > > iwn0: SCAN -> AUTH
> > > iwn0: sending auth to 04:f0:21:3b:cb:f4 on channel 1 mode 11g
> > > iwn0: AUTH -> SCAN
> > 
> > Your AP "holmern" is not responding to our AUTH requests, so naturally
> > we won't try to associate to it.

This is the OpenBSD Access Point, mentioned in the other message, and,
combined with my PEBKAC, the actual problem.

> Forgot to add: Your iwn should work with a 5ghz AP but you need to
> give it some time to scan and connect. The firmware tends to miss
> beacons on 5ghz channels for reasons unkown to me; connecting on 5ghz
> with iwn is known to be flaky. iwm(4) works much better in this regard.

I haven't noticed it's flaky, yet. It is my home setup, used daily. 
Will watch out...

Marcus

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